now the world has forced itself upon both of these candidates and mitt romney at that point was not prepared to talk in a broader context, and this subject deserves to be addressed by a challenger for the american presidency. >> paul: so you're thinking, saying maybe he should have waited a day and then put this in a little larger context, which is really the position, the declining position of america and the world, after four years of the mitt romney presidency? >> i think the campaign can very much use a much more generalized address by mitt romney, criticizing barack obama's approach to foreign policy right now. >> but, even on simple political terms, being scene as saying-- we've said it's our fault that we're being attacked, isn't going to go down well. and the thing-- >> he didn't really say that. >> and that's his way of apologizing about the fact, especially by independent voters who has to convince, but more importantly is, the timing of it was terrible. he embargoed the statement, it was a 9/11 and he said i will not due campaigning on 9/11, he embargoed the statement until after